To grasp Paul's message it’s essential to understand what he means by “freedom.” In America, freedom means independence and self-actualization. Therefore we must be on guard of replacing slavery of the Law with slavery of identity, nation, culture, career and, most of all, ego. To Paul and the early Christians, freedom was liberation--not just from the Law--but also from barriers created by tradition, culture, class and ethnicity that stood in the way of a radical interdependence. Davey Gibson, associate pastor of education and discipleship at Sugar Land Baptist Church and co-author of our study, joins our conversation.

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